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Ringwood State Park

Warm Puppy Rock–Swan Pond, 10 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 1,029 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Warm Puppy Rock–Swan Pond, 10 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Eagle Valley, NY. The route passes The Bog, Swan Pond, Duck Pond and Warm Puppy Rock. It climbs 1,029 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi433 – 742 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: State Line Trail 41.14595, -74.24199
Nearest town Eagle Valley, NY
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Warm Puppy Rock–Swan Pond, 10 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 1,029 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Elevation 432–742 ft

Out & Back · Ringwood State Park

Trailhead: State Line Trail · 41.14595, -74.24199

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto Crossover Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Old Morris Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Arbor Trail, heading SE.
  12. 400 ftPass The Bog.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  14. 250 ftBear right onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 350 ftPass Swan Pond.
  18. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Defiance Road/Crossover Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Defiance Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miPass Duck Pond.
  22. 100 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  23. 350 ftPass Warm Puppy Rock.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miSharp left onto Ice Pond Road/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
  26. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  27. 450 ftBear right onto Ryerson Access, heading S.
  28. 250 ftContinue straight onto Black Bear Trail, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftReach Warm Puppy Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ryerson Access, heading NW.
  31. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  32. 450 ftBear left onto Ice Pond Road/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading W.
  33. 250 ftSharp right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  34. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  35. 450 ftTurn left onto Defiance Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading N.
  36. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Defiance Road/Crossover Trail, heading W.
  37. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  38. 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 100 ftTurn left onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftBear left onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  41. 250 ftContinue straight onto Arbor Trail, heading NE.
  42. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
  43. 0.1 miBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
  44. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  45. 0.5 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading NE.
  46. 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading W.
  47. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
  48. 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
  49. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading W.
  50. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  51. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/warm-puppy-rock-swan-pond-out-back-12-sights-11-km

Trail surface

56% dirt4% boardwalk40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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